Here's one I wrote about five years ago. How time flies when you're having fun!
PERHAPS
There’s something I think you should really rethink:
Your all-American food and drink.
French fries, Coca-Cola, banana split —
Are you getting from those any benefit?
Hot dog, ice cream, apple pie —
If you don’t eat those will you die?
By sucking on those white Life Savers,
Do you think you are doing yourself any favors?
Velveeta, Kool-Aid, popcorn, Jell-O —
When noshing on them do you get all mellow?
Those hamburgers, potato chips
Have caused much thickness in your hips.
Those Dagwood sandwiches, bacon and eggs
Have made your legs resemble kegs.
Coffee, Cracker Jacks, M&M’s
Have increased your ticker’s rpm’s.
Milk and all that processed cheese —
I bet that stuff’s what’s making you sneeze!
Turkey, Skippy, TV dinner —
Scarfing those down have not made you thinner.
Grape-nuts, Wheaties, corn flakes, Total —
Do those “health foods” make you want to yodel?
I’ll tell you what I think, OK?
Please don’t get mad at what I say!
If you live for a year on water and air,
Perhaps you’ll be able to climb one stair!
Martin Elster
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